Facebook Gifts are Retarded
March 22, 2007
I have to say, Facebook has some pretty good revenue models. For instance, I think their ad engine is brilliant. An advertiser can post really cheap “flyers” that will be visible to only selected schools or networks; so, for instance, a Greenwich Village bar can advertise only to NYU students. This is truly targeted advertising at its best, especially since there are few outlets for cheaply and effectively advertising local businesses online.
That said, wtf is up with the Facebook “gifts”? I’m supposed to pay a dollar to send a friend, uh… an icon? Even more stupidly, the icons can sell out? I gotta hurry up and spend my hard-earned dollar before other people buy all of the pixels that those teddy bear images are made of!
Seriously Facebook, wtf?
March 22, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Who knows what kind of garbage those “pre-teen” kids will fall for. At least they aren’t selling porn.
March 27, 2007 at 1:35 pm
[...] creative ways of squeeze revenue out of those users, from consumer-oriented advertising to selling stupid goddamned icons or premium memberships to just owning the universe like Google does. Can you imagine Google or [...]
April 20, 2007 at 4:11 am
…Facebook gifts are for cancer research.
April 20, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Maybe just their pink ribbon gift? I looked through the gift info pages and nowhere does it say they are donating their money to cancer research. Would appreciate links though…
And if this is indeed true, it is strange that they are not making this clear on the site. If I saw that I obviously would not think it’s a bad idea.
August 15, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Facebook is not remarkable at all.
January 30, 2008 at 2:19 am
Facebook should accept returns, like any good business that sells items of monetary value. Seems like they are in some sort of violation for not having a customer service department for defective gifts.
March 1, 2008 at 8:27 pm
In the month of February, they donated 50% of all valentines themed gifts to race for the cure
July 22, 2008 at 11:18 pm
that’s nice to know; those breast cancer-infested people could probably use some imaginary hearts and chocolate and such to cheer up
August 10, 2008 at 4:39 pm
You cheap bastard,
it’s a dollar’s worth for your own friends (not some strangers or something) and it stays with them in their profile forever.
Kinda like a lapel pin of sorts.
Sometimes thats all you can do if your friend lives far away from you.
I would hate to have you as a friend lol.
Btw search for free gifts they are always available in the list too (sponsored usually)
August 11, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I try to budget more than $1 for my friends’ gifts. And for those who live far away we have this nifty new thing called postal delivery. Who’s the cheap bastard?
August 12, 2008 at 1:36 am
are you bitching about gifts that cost ONE dollar? really? who cares what someone wants to spend a dollar on, a sucker, a facebook gift, a toy at the dolar store, some markers, who cares??? Maybe you need to focus more on something else then finding little shit to bitch about. Yeah, it’s pointless, but so is half the shit sold in stores. At least they can’t break or get lost, it’s a dollar, and when they donate the money to causes it’s worth the money.
August 12, 2008 at 9:37 am
Buying useless shit in stores is also retarded. I’m glad we’re on the same page.
December 17, 2008 at 5:43 pm
You’re paying someone to send them an icon… and you’re proud of it. Wow. Congratulations on failing at life. Really. Now go play wow and spend some money on virtual gold. GLHF. Fail. Oh, and they donated “50%” of valentine themed gifts to cancer. Yay. So they gave 50% of something that is worth nothing to a good cause.
February 13, 2009 at 10:01 am
Haha I totally agree. I was thinking the same thing. I have waste my hard earned money to send a stupid icon..I mean, what could be more retarded. I just don’t get how people fall for this shit.